The ITPA carries out diagnostic examinations for diseases of all domestic mammal species and exotic animals (ornamental birds, reptiles, amphibians). Animal carcasses are opened and all organs are systematically examined for the presence of pathological changes.
The Center for Fish and Wildlife Medicine FIWI processes submissions of free-living and captive wildlife (mammals, birds, reptiles and amphibians).
Diseases of commercial farm poultry are examined by the Institute of Food safety and Hygiene, Section for Poultry and Rabbit Diseases,Vetsuisse Faculty in Zurich.
Our infrastructure
The ITPA has a fully equipped postmortem hall in which small and large animals can be examined.
For the examination of small to medium-sized animals with suspected human infectious diseases (zoonoses), we have 2 separate rooms within our postmortem hall. Here, necropsies can be carried out under special hygienic measures to protect our staff, students and the environment.
